Spatial and temporal land use change and occupation over the last half century in a peri-urban area

Applied Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 432-444

  Tavares, A O ^a,b   Pato, R L ^c   Magalhaes M C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Imagery analysis; Land use; Peri urban; Rate of artificialisation; Stability grade; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857128448     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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